Wings have a great group of prospects right now ranging from age 18-23.. If you look at other teams you'll see that 23 year old prospects aren't that odd.

Yeah but they're not usually their top guys. They're usually just guys trying to compete for bottom six roles or bottom-pairing defensive roles. Wings have a lot of big prospects that are older like Nyquist (22) and Smith (23).

Joe Colborne is, IMO, way too high for the Leafs. They have him as our #2 prospect, behind only Kadri, while I personally have him way lower, behind guys like Frattin, Scrivens, Blacker, Percy and Biggs. I guess I just have a pretty tough time seeing what role he'll play in the NHL.

Yeah but they're not usually their top guys. They're usually just guys trying to compete for bottom six roles or bottom-pairing defensive roles. Wings have a lot of big prospects that are older like Nyquist (22) and Smith (23).

So they're essentially underdeveloped, and long shots. Seeing as how the Red Wings have picked from the 20th spot and up for the past decade, prospects require more time to develop.

So essentially what you are arguing is that the Red Wings "older" prospects are much more well developed and have legitimate NHL futures then other organization's equivalent-aged prospects.

EDM is at 5 but when you have prospects like Eberle, and Hall already in the NHL that is pretty good. I think we will even drop down more next year when RNH and Yak are both no longer prospects either. I know Yak is not on our list yet but by the end of next year he won't be on the list either.

Joe Colborne is, IMO, way too high for the Leafs. They have him as our #2 prospect, behind only Kadri, while I personally have him way lower, behind guys like Frattin, Scrivens, Blacker, Percy and Biggs. I guess I just have a pretty tough time seeing what role he'll play in the NHL.

If Kadri and Colborne are your best prospects that is why TO is where they are 18.

Weaknesses: The Isles have had difficulty convincing many of their young prospects such as Anton Klementyev, Kirill Petrov, and Mikko Koskinen to play North American minor-league hockey.

The ****? Klementyev, and Koskinen both played in the AHL for Bridgeport for the past 2 years, and Koskinen ended up back in Europe because they didn't want to swap 3 goalies in and out of the lineup on a nightly basis, and Klementyev could never crack the Sound Tigers lineup for whatever reason. Petrov wants to come over and try to make the Islanders, he said so himself at rookie camp 2 years ago, but has not been able to come overseas since because his mother is extremely sick. Which has nothing to do with him not being willing to play in Bridgeport.